Simon Elliott

Energy & Infrastructure

• Advising abrdn Investcorp Infrastructure Partners (a GCC-based sustainability fund) and Investcorp on multiple investments in GCC-based infrastructure assets (ranging from US$40 million to US$400 million), including their investment in the US$2.5 billion Project Wave (the ADNOC procured Al Mirfa sustainable water PPP project.
• Advising the UAE's Federal Electricity and Water Authority (now Etihad Water and Electricity Company) on the procurement of a new build water desalination plant (with capital expenditure of US$1 billion) in the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain. The work included JV arrangements and management of shareholders in relation to the 150 MIGD SWRO IWP project.
• Advising Alfanar Global Development, a leading Saudi Arabian construction and operations company, on the project development and financing for the construction, operations and maintenance of five Construction Villages procured by the NEOM Company.
• Advising a consortium comprising four water developers (led by Almar Water) on their bid for the concession of the US$100 million Glen Valley Wastewater Reclamation Project near Gaborone in Botswana.
• Advising Kansai Electric Power Corporation, a major Japanese utility based in Osaka, on its bid for the US$ 3.6 billion high-voltage subsea transmission project to link Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's offshore facilities to the national grid in Abu Dhabi.
• Advising Carnival Corporation on its participation as port operator in a multi-billion US dollar development for a new cruise liner terminal in the UAE (previous firm experience).
• Advising Lightsource Renewable Energy on its agreement to enter into a partnership platform with UK Climate Investments (part of the Green Investment Group within Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets) to fund the development of large scale solar power assets in India (previous firm experience).
• Advising Blue Energy in connection with the disposal of a 149MW onshore windfarm portfolio to funds managed by Octopus Investments (previous firm experience).
• Advising Canadian Solar Inc. in connection with the disposal of a 142MW portfolio of solar generation assets to Greencoat Capital LLP (previous firm experience).

Tech

• Advising Strategic Development Fund on numerous cross-border investments and related strategic UAE-based joint ventures in the technology/advanced manufacturing sector.
• Advising Group42 and its group companies (including Presight AI) on various high-value, strategic tech-related joint ventures, both domestically and cross-border.
• Advising e& (formerly Etisalat) on its USD 50 million round investment (as lead investor) in Almentor, an Egyptian, Arabic-language online learning platform and its investment in Airalo, an e-sim service provider based in Singapore.
• Advising the founder-owner on the sale of the Advanced Watertek Group (a water treatment technology group) to Gradiant, a Singaporean water technology solutions company.
• Advising a UAE big-data analytics company on its joint venture with a central Asia sovereign wealth fund in connection with in-country digital transformation projects.
• Advising Network International (a London-listed international payment solutions provider) on its strategic disposals of interests in Mercury Payments Services and Transguard Cash.